get out of the cave
Susan Combs
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SUMMARY: In 1 Kings 18, Elijah challenges the prophets of Baal to see who the true God is. God sends fire to consume Elijah's altar, and the people declare that Jehovah is God. Elijah then prays for rain, and it comes after a 3 1/2 year drought. However, Elijah runs away when Jezebel threatens him, and he falls into a victim mentality, blaming others for his failures. God ministers to him physically and spiritually, but Elijah still fails to take responsibility for his actions. We must learn to take responsibility for our mistakes and not blame others for our failures.
The story of Elijah teaches us about taking responsibility for our actions and not blaming others. God calls us to have a close relationship with him without any barriers. If we have failed the Lord and want to change, we must acknowledge our mistakes and ask for forgiveness. We must also be brave and stay in difficult situations until God tells us otherwise. We should pray for God's strength and guidance in fulfilling his purposes for our lives.
The story of Elijah teaches us about taking responsibility for our actions and not blaming others. God calls us to have a close relationship with him without any barriers. If we have failed the Lord and want to change, we must acknowledge our mistakes and ask for forgiveness. We must also be brave and stay in difficult situations until God tells us otherwise. We should pray for God's strength and guidance in fulfilling his purposes for our lives.
Please join me this morning at First Kings 18. In this story Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal. You probably remember the story. Israel walked, the people of God walked very far from the ways of the Lord, they had gone after the Baals, they were following the gods of King Ahab and Jesabel. And then he makes a contest, he issues a challenge to the prophets of Baal and he says now let's see who is the true God. He says, you make an altar to Baal and cry out to Baal and ask him to send fire on his altar, and I will make an altar to Jehovah and cry out to Jehovah and ask him to send fire. And so it is done and the prophets of Baal make their altar and spend, says the word, all morning and until evening crying out to Baal to send fire. And Elias starts kind of scrubbing them, like telling them, "Scream louder, maybe he's asleep."
Then he says, "Now it's my turn." And then he commands to build the altar, builds the altar of Jehovah and then he cries out to the Lord. And we are going to read now from First Kings 18, from 36 to 40.
Then he says, "Now it's my turn." And then he commands to build the altar, builds the altar of Jehovah and then he cries out to the Lord. And we are going to read now from First Kings 18, from 36 to 40.
